Timeline for answer to Why is "Can someone help me?" not a useful question? by Mario Robles
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| Feb 8, 2023 at 22:49 | comment | added | Peter Mortensen | It is forum behaviour. It is call to action and an attempt to address someone (like in a letter or email). | |
| Oct 30, 2021 at 18:48 | history | edited | BSMP | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
I think 'that' should be 'why' because, "I think X does Y", does in fact assert that the OP thinks X does Y.
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| Oct 30, 2021 at 18:18 | comment | added | wjandrea | @user64742 On the other hand, Y might be a red herring, similar to the XY problem. Here's an example from just yesterday: Does the python interpreter implicitly use the chinese remainder theorem? A better title might be, "Why is exponentiation followed by modulus so fast when just exponentiation is so slow?" | |
| Oct 30, 2021 at 18:09 | history | edited | wjandrea | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Fix grammar
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| Aug 12, 2017 at 20:27 | comment | added | user64742 | I should point out that if "I think X does Y?" is part of locating a specific bug and you have isolated a small subsection of something inseparable as the potential cause, then stating it as a doubt seems fairly reasonable to me if it's not the main question or goal of the post. For instance, "I think line 5 is where the memory leak occurs?". There's nothing wrong with expressing doubt. It has a time and a place. | |
| Jun 6, 2017 at 17:41 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Martijn PietersMod | ||
| Dec 15, 2016 at 19:58 | comment | added | Roberto | - I think X does Y? - Let me find my cristal ball... | |
| Apr 30, 2015 at 22:22 | history | edited | Deduplicator | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 26, 2015 at 5:40 | history | edited | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Copy edited.
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| Jan 24, 2015 at 22:45 | history | answered | Mario Robles | CC BY-SA 3.0 |